Get ready, because I am going to be going on about this one for a long time. I LOVED The Dead Romantics last year, so I jumped at the chance to get my hands on what Ashley was working on next. It was everything I loved in her books and more. This is not a light, fun romcom. It’s a deep dive into grief, finding yourself after losing a dear loved one, and love that just doesn’t quite come at the right time.

Quick note: This book does deal heavily with the grief of losing a family member from suicide. It’s raw. It’s heavy. It feels so real, so please move forward carefully if this may be triggering for you.

After her aunt’s passing, Clementine inherits her apartment in New York which has always had a magical air about it. But really, it is magic. It is keen to slip you seven years into the past when you least expect it. To Clementine's surprise a hot aspiring chef just happens to be staying in her aunt’s apartment seven years ago, while she and her aunt are backpacking around Europe together.

I don’t know if it was me or the book, but this one had me in all the feels. The grief. Watching Clementine and Iwan fall in love not knowing how it was all going to work out. Self-discovery. The growth. I cried on more than one occasion because the emotions just felt so real to me. I was hooked. And the way she brought it all together in the end was phenomenal.

Get ready for a wildly emotional ride in all the right ways. If you enjoy a story about love, finding yourself, learning how to live with your grief, a great group of loving friends, and just the right amount of magic, then this one's for you.

This is a time slip romance done right. I thought The Dead Romantics by this author was amazing and I enjoyed The Seven Year Slip even more. The story was a one sitting read for me and I was invested from the beginning. I liked all of the interconnections throughout the book, which added a special depth to this romance. Clementine's aunt has left her her apartment and it is a truly special one. When the apartment knows you are at a crossroads and need it, it will send you back in time 7 years. Always 7 years. Our main characters, their friends, and all of the other interconnected characters, were wonderful to spend time with. I will be following Ashley Poston and can't wait to read her next story.

Thank you NetGalley and Berkley for the advanced reader copy. This is my honest review.

Thank you @berkleyromance @prhaudio @netgalley for a copy of this book. I adored this book about Clementine living in her late aunt's apartment which time travels her 7 years before and she meets Iwan who is sharing the apartment with her. I adore the 7 years ago interaction between the two and how you can see how their relationship developed. I wanted more current day romance between them, it felt like they were more at odds. This narration was great with all of the voices and I felt Clementine's pain in her grieving process with her aunt.

This The Lake House-esque book was a lovely ode to love, grief, and allowing yourself, and others, to change.

I loved the time travel. It felt fresh but still held some familiar comments I love from time travel stories. Also, the moments of the past meeting present and vice versa were cool.

I feel like there was a lot that went unsaid. In the relationship between. In a particular scene at the end that was just kinda left to the reader's imagination. The book that they're publishing of James'. There was so much that I felt like I needed more information or more time with.

I'm not sure how I feel about Clementine being in love with past Iwan, but not knowing that much about present Iwan. There was something odd about it. I knew that was going to be part of the plot going in, but I'd hoped I'd feel okay about it. There was one particular moment that reminded me so much of The Time Traveler's Wife where present Iwan rejected her so she went to past Iwan. That really rubbed me the wrong way.

We got a little glimpse of our Dead Romantics couple which I will forever be grateful for. It was like saying hello to old friends.

Overall, this was a good book from Poston. She never ceases to write exactly what I'm wanting. This wasn't my favorite book of hers, but it is at the top of the list.

Thanks to Let's Talk Books Promo and Berkley for the copy of this book!

"It's never a matter of time, but a matter of timing."

If you love a little bit of magical realism and romance, this is the perfect book. Clementine and Iwan have the sweetest romance - which involves some time travel on her part. I loved the inclusion of the publishing and food industry, the side characters who really added to the story, and the narrative on the "perfect timing" for a love story.

Read if you:
- like a little time travel
- are a foodie or are in publishing
- enjoy a good balance of sad moments and swoony romance

An interesting and enjoyable read form Ashley Poston.

The time difference was really fascinating to see be played around with. There was definitely some glorious magic to this book but I found myself wanting more romance from Clementine and Iwan.

I literally read this in one sitting. I couldn’t put it down and stayed up until 2 AM to finish this because Ashley Boston truly killed it with his one. Like…. just WOW. It’s been over a month since a book has hit me like this one did. Where I became obsessed with it and needed to know what happened quickly.

This one is trippy - with like magical realism or some shit?? Is that even how to describe it? It’s a magic apartment that randomly slips the owner 7 years into the past. She inherited the apartment from her late aunt, who was like her best friend and travel companion. And one day, she finds a man in the kitchen of her “new” apartment, except he exists in the past - and she’s in his future.

AND DON’T GET ME STARTED ON BENJI. Remember him? From The Dead Romantics? He makes an appearance and it’s everything. I was internally screaming, jumped out of bed to grab my book to verify that it was him.

JUST PERFECTION.

I REALLY wanted to love this one. The Dead Romantics was a 5 star read for me and it also made my top 9 out of 156 books read last year. I went into this one not knowing anything about it except that it was written by Ashley Poston and as soon as I started reading, I already knew where it was going and started wondering if this is the author's go-to thing - paranormal-ish romance because if it is, I'm not sure anything will top the Dead Romantics for me. I didn't really feel the chemistry between Clementine and Iwan (although 10/10 for unique names) and felt like she loved Iwan's connection to her aunt more than for himself. Perhaps it would've been more successful with a dual POV. I just needed to believe more in their romance.

I'm a relatively new fan of Ashley Poston and since I read The Dead Romantics, I knew I wanted to read more from her. In her second romantic installment, Ashley Poston uses the "The Lake House" model where two main characters are slung across time and space only to hopefully one day meet in the same time. I was very excited about "The Lake House" themes because it's one of my favorite movies and one of those ones where you don't expect the ending until the very end.

While I really liked this one, it didn't carry the same kind of punch Dead Romantics had for me. I'm not saying that they need to be the same or anything, but I felt like this book was missing a few pages. There was much needed explanation in certain parts and a quick turnaround in the second-chance romance pacing. I'm a huge fan of second-chance romances and this one is one in its own weird little way, but I wanted more of the present and less of the past.

What Ashley Poston does really well is incorporate a lot of mature themes throughout the story. Similarly to her character in The Dead Romantics, Clementine is struggling with the loss of her beloved aunt, whom she inherits the apartment that jumps seven years into the past. I love these kinds of stories because there's more to the story than just the romance. You get to know these characters and see how they grow over the course of the book. You see a lot of that in Clementine and Iwan, especially towards the end. But similarly to the romance parts of this book, you're still left with wanting more.

However, I was swept away by their love. Their dinner dates at home with incredible food descriptions, passionate kissing, and little quirks between each other (so much face holding) really brought the couple to life. I loved Clementine and Iwan and rooted for them the entire time. Definitely swoon worthy and enjoyable read, but I just wanted a bit more.

I really enjoyed The Seven Year Slip. It's a magical realism romance that hooked me into the unique story of love and grief.

Now I need to catch up and read The Dead Romantics which has been on my TBR and clearly needs to move to the top.

There is a brief discussion of suicide so I do want to flag that upfront as a trigger warning. That said, it's handled with love and care. Make sure to read the author's note.

Thank you to Berkley Publishing and Netgalley for the electronic advanced copy.

“ I want to tell you a story about a magical apartment. You might not believe me at first, buy I promise it’s true.”

What an amazing, fantastical story! I loved it so much!! If you enjoyed The Dead Romantics, this is right up your alley. Because you have to suspend your disbelief again for this story.

Penelope meets Iwan, a charming stranger, in her aunt’s old apartment and immediately knows something is off. Because her aunt doesn’t live in the apartment anymore, she does, and all of Penelope’s things are missing. She has somehow met this amazing man in the past, when her aunt is still alive.

Her interactions with Iwan are sporadic and uncontrollable and only happen within the apartment. When she starts to fall in love with past Iwan and meets current Iwan, she knows it’s a mess. Can she reconcile the man he was with the man he is?

This is just an amazing puzzle of a book and I loved how intricate and entwined their love story is. Gah! I want to read it again.

5 Stars

This is one of my most anticipated reads for the year, and it DID NOT disappoint! A book about an apartment that allows for a bit of time travel magic, bringing two lovers together with a seven year time gap? Seems impossible and too fanciful to work. Yet it does.

It isn’t just the romance, but this book really handles the topics of grief and moving forward in life, the ability to change and morph through different stages of life, to mourn the past but hope for a brighter future, so beautifully.

It might be weird, but my favorite portion was the included author’s note. It was moving and touching and really portrayed the personal connection to this story, while also bringing the reader in on the time travel magic that is books.

I will point out that this book handles the topic of suicide and might be hard for some readers. The author has a personal connection and lived experience through the effects of suicide, and really handles the topic and the grief around it with care. Please prioritize your own mental health as you pick up this beautiful crafted love story.

An absolute smash from Ashley Poston! I don't read a lot of magical realism novels, because suspending my disbelief does take quite a bit of effort, but I was very pleased with this one! I particularly enjoyed that there wasn't an overwhelming amount of magic, and the relationship between Clementine and Iwan was just really wholesome and believable that it kept me captivated, along with Clementine's own relationship with her career. I feel like if you want something to make you feel a bit of sad girl vibes similar to Emily Henry, then this would be a great book to continue that journey! I loved the love story in this one and the growth of both characters as a whole.

The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston is a love story about an apartment that slips through time on occasion to seven years in the past. After the death of her beloved aunt, Clementine inherits her apartment, along with its time-traveling baggage as one day she returns home to find a man in her kitchen. A handsome chef with an open heart and a killer recipe for lemon pie, one Clementine might have fallen for if her heart were in the right place. Unfortunately, he is from seven years in the past, and her heart may have other ideas on whether or not falling in love is the safe decision.

This novel claims it is a romance novel, but it falls somewhere in between romance and women's fiction. The romance has an insta-love quality that feels more akin to a teen romance than one between mid-to-late twenty somethings. And while the relationship doesn't feel as though it is built up enough over time, other threads of the novel also feel underbaked, such as the grief Clementine experiences toward her aunt's death, and other mental health aspects I will not go into as it would be spoiler territory.

I love the plot ideas Posten has for her novels, but so far not one has hit home for me. I'm still going to read her next release as I definitely feel this novel showed growth from The Dead Romantics.

Thank you to Berkley and Netgalley for providing an ARC for review purposes!

I adored The Seven Year Slip by @heyashposton. It's one of my top three reads of the year (out of nearly 100 books read) and I highly recommend.

✔️ Magical Realism
✔️ Forced Proximity
✔️ Second Chance?
✔️ Roommates?

I loved the concept of this book, about an apartment that can exist in different times, seven years apart, bringing together people in different timelines. It was fun to see Clementine having a meet-cute in her own apartment but not in the current year - in a space cut off from the realities of the rest of the world. It was like a Love on Vacation trope - you're not sure if it's feasible to move the relationship into real life but you desperately want it to work.

I loved both characters and the juxtaposition of one, weary at a career crossroad, and the other one starry-eyed at the start of his job prospects. It had my favorite part of any love story - each person is exactly what the other person needs.

There were so many terrific moments in this book and I do not want to spoil it for you. I do have to call out food truck meet up number 2 - that had me scream-squealing.

This book had everything. A little real-life angst, a terrific meet-cute, funny banter, so much pining in a perfect slow burn, swoony and steamy moments. My perfect read. There are some books I pick up just to reread my favorite parts. I've done this with The Dead Romantics and will be doing it with this one too. 5⭐️.

Steam 🔥🔥
Banter 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️
Swoon 💕💕💕💕💕

Damn, Ashley Poston said I’m giving you a Time Machine, A GINGER CHEF, and a girl like us. Clementine is the protagonist I have related to more then any character be ever read. She is struggling with grief, work, and home life. I wish there was a trigger warning about the grandmother’s passing, because it’s not natural causes. Thank you sooooo much to the publisher (and author for this piece of her soul) for this ARC and I can’t wait to see what this author writes next. These are my opinions, I can’t post quotes until the book is actually published.

I was really cynical of a follow up to The Dead Romantics. The plot had seemed hard to accomplish, but she did it! And now she's coming back with a time travel apartment while still navigating signature themes of grief, independence, and family? Well, she did it and I loved it so much. The plot is navigated so DANG WELL. It reminded me of Time Traveler's Wife in it's attention to jumping back and forth and the effects of existing on different timelines.

I loved Clementine's journey through publishing, painting, and travel and the added world of food through Iwan's chef story. I read it so quickly wanting to get back to each place and time to progress the story, but was able to appreciate the subtle details (like pigeons and memories of trips).

“love is never a matter of time—but a matter of timing” - The Seven Year Slip

When I get all up in my feels I need to heavily dose myself with a “chill pill” aka a sweet ole romance that will warm my little black heart.

Drum roll please…

The Seven Year Slip

I was all about this book from page one. Hook, line, sinker, Ashley Poston, took hold of my emotions until the very last page. I laughed, I cried, I rooted for a happy ending.

Did I get one?

Your going to have to get yourself a copy to find out, until then, enjoy this little teaser:

An overworked book publicist with a perfectly planned future hits a snag when she falls in love with her temporary roommate…only to discover he lives seven years in the past, in this witty and wise new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Dead Romantics.

Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it.

So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn’t want to get too close to anyone—she isn’t sure her heart can take it.

And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt’s apartment. A man with kind eyes and a Southern drawl and a taste for lemon pies. The kind of man that, before it all, she would’ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again.

Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future.

Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, a place where moments blended together like watercolors. And Clementine knows that if she lets her heart fall, she’ll be doomed.

After all, love is never a matter of time—but a matter of timing.

Thank you Berkley, NetGalley and Ashley Poston, for gifting me a copy of The Seven Year Slip in exchange for an honest (and lovable) review! Y’all rock and I am so excited for the big release and for all to love on up to this book as much as I did

Clementine inherits her aunt’s apartment, which her aunt always said was magical. Then she meets a man in her apartment suddenly. He’s from the past… seven years exactly.

Another great one from this author! It takes a lot for me to love a romance, and an extra bonus like paranormal (The Dead Romantics) or time travel (Seven Year Slip) really adds that extra oomphf for me. I couldn’t put this one down and loved the characters. I thought grief was pretty accurately displayed and helped to make the story true to life, despite the whole time travel thing.

“Find fulfilling work, fall in love, and chase the moon.”

The Seven Year Slip comes out 6/27.

This is a magical book in so many ways. I loved the characters, the element of magical realism, the food descriptions, and most of all I loved how healing it felt. Grief is so personal and the way Ashley wrote it in this story made me feel so connected to my own grief journey and yet also part of the universal feelings of loss of a loved one. It's a thought-provoking novel of self-reflection, remembering the past, and honoring who we are in this moment. I listened to the audiobook and Brittany Pressley does a fabulous job as always and the author's note is beautiful.